Sudan Plated Lizard
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Use a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer w/hygrometer for the best accuracy. You can get these for about $15 - $20 U.S. currency. Once you get the thermometer your goal is meeting the required temperature gradients in three different spots: | Use a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer w/hygrometer for the best accuracy. You can get these for about $15 - $20 U.S. currency. Once you get the thermometer your goal is meeting the required temperature gradients in three different spots: | ||
- | + | * Basking: 90-95 | |
- | + | * Ambient: 80-85 | |
- | + | * Cool end/night time: 70-75 | |
Without the correct temps, especially the high basking temps...all that good food going in will not get digested properly and organ functions will be trying to run on less than ideal capacity. Nutrients are lost and illness sets in. | Without the correct temps, especially the high basking temps...all that good food going in will not get digested properly and organ functions will be trying to run on less than ideal capacity. Nutrients are lost and illness sets in. | ||
Tubes: | Tubes: | ||
- | + | * Reptisun 5.0 or 10.0 | |
- | + | * Iguana Light 5.0 | |
- | + | * Exoterra 8.0 | |
- | + | * Arcadia 5.0 (UK) | |
Merc Vapors: | Merc Vapors: | ||
- | + | * Mega Ray EB (external ballast) [http://www.reptileuv.com ReptileUV] | |
- | + | * Mega Ray SB (self-ballast) | |
- | + | * T-Rex 100W or 160W Active UV Flood & Spot Lamps (available in many stores) | |
Many of these can be purchased at [http://www.reptiledirect.com Reptile Direct] for a more reasonable price than the pet stores. Once you provide these lights for your lizard...set them in the 6" - 8" range (12" - 18" for the Mega Rays). Any farther and the UVB drops of so much that they don't do any good. A note on the compacts and spirals. These are no good for large lizards and reptiles. They do not cover nearly enough of the animal to benefit them. A UVB meter is an excellent way to keep on top of your bulbs. | Many of these can be purchased at [http://www.reptiledirect.com Reptile Direct] for a more reasonable price than the pet stores. Once you provide these lights for your lizard...set them in the 6" - 8" range (12" - 18" for the Mega Rays). Any farther and the UVB drops of so much that they don't do any good. A note on the compacts and spirals. These are no good for large lizards and reptiles. They do not cover nearly enough of the animal to benefit them. A UVB meter is an excellent way to keep on top of your bulbs. |